Rod Stewart's single Didn’t I is the lead track from upcoming album Blood Red Roses

In the tune, Rod sings about a daughter who is warned by her father “that stuff is going to kill you” as she heads off for Hollywood.

In his famous rasp, he adds: “But you thought it was cool, and I was just an old fool,” before closing out the song, singing: “Now I stand by your bedside watching you fight for your life.”

While I’m informed the tune is not about any of his children, Rod has felt the brutal effects of substance abuse on his family.

His son Sean, whose mother is former model Alana Stewart, has famously suffered heart-breaking addiction in the past after he started drinking at 13 before moving on to ecstasy, prescription painkillers, cocaine and heroin by 19.